queen

/\ˈkwin\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,747

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

queen is aFrenchnoun. It means: Reine, femme monarque. Pronounced \ˈkwin\. It ranks #7,747 in French word frequency. Often confused with quel and ques.

Key facts for queen
PropertyValue
Headwordqueen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkwin\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,747
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of queen in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for queen is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈkwin\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,747 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for queen, with forms such as "qeuen", "qqueen", and "queenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "quel", "ques", "quels", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is queen, spelled Q-U-E-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reine, femme monarque.
  2. 2
    Reine, épouse du roi.
  3. 3
    Reine, dame.
  4. 4
    Dame.
  5. 5
    Chatte.
  6. 6
    principale femelle d’une colonie d’insectes, responsable de la reproduction.
  7. 7
    Travesti.
  8. 8
    Homme homosexuel ou efféminé.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeuen,qqueen,queenn,quen,quene,uqeen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for queen

Misspelling Variants of "queen"

qeuen5qqueen6queenn6quen4quene5uqeen5
Misspelling Variants of "queen"

Frequency rank: #7,747 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "queen"?
"queen" is spelled Q-U-E-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkwin\.
What does "queen" mean?
As a noun, "queen" means: Reine, femme monarque.
What words are commonly confused with "queen"?
"queen" is commonly confused with "quel", "ques", "quels". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "queen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "queen" is \ˈkwin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "queen" come from?
"queen" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.